Philip Hammond sparks uproar from Brexiteers in rant over the consequences of a No Deal Brexit

THE CHANCELLOR sparked fresh uproar from Brexiteers over No Deal yesterday by saying he hadn’t come into politics to “make the economy smaller”.

Speaking in the Commons, Philip Hammond said there would “clearly” be short-term disruption from a cliff edge exit.

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Philip Hammond has sparked anger from BrexiteersCredit: AFP or licensors

But he added: “More importantly, all the analysis that the Government has done and published … shows that there will be a longer term effect, which means that our economy will be smaller than it otherwise would have been.

“And I didn’t come into politics in order to make our economy smaller, I came into politics to make our economy bigger and make our people better off.”

The blast came after explosive comments on Monday night where he said no preparation “in the world” would enable Britain to cope with a No Deal.

One furious senior Tory last night stormed: “The Government need to be honest with the public.

The Sun Says

WHAT did we do to deserve a Chancellor as dismally defeatist as Philip Hammond?

The bean counter who helped wreck our negotiating hand by holding back No Deal preparations now says, in effect, there is little point to them anyway.

We can NEVER be ready, he moans.

Put aside that voters quite logically expect us to leave with No Deal if no deal can be struck. Imagine this soul-destroying doom-monger presiding over an actual national disaster — war, even — endlessly lecturing us not on what we can do but what we can’t.

Of Mrs May’s many mistakes, her Cabinet choices have been the worst . . . Hammond most grievous of all.

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